Britney Spears and Kevin Federline had an argument at the premiere of 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory', it has been claimed.

The pregnant singer and her husband arrived at the Hollywood premiere of the children's film, starring Johnny Depp, smiling and looking happy. However, sources claim Britney - who wore a blue shirt with the words "I have the golden ticket" and an arrow pointing to her swollen baby bump - was later seen blasting Kevin at the premiere party over his excessive drinking and smoking. According to reports, the 23-year-old mother-to-be - who is rumored to be expecting twins - was furious with her husband for smoking around her while she is pregnant.

A source said: "Britney told Kevin to avoid the alcohol at the party and to lay off the cigarettes. "Kevin had a few glasses of champagne and a smoke and she just hit the roof calling him selfish."

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Paris Hilton’s fiancé has a family with a colorful past.

Paris Latsis changed his last name from Kasidokostas and took on his mother’s maiden name — reportedly to evoke the fabulous shipping fortune from that side of his family. But some people are wondering whether that was a wise move socially. Latsis’ maternal grandfather, shipping tycoon John Latsis, who died in 2003, was a notorious figure abroad and has been called a Nazi collaborator and a black marketeer.

Latsis was accused of profiteering during World War II and stood trial for collaborating with the Nazis. He was acquitted, but faced further criticism for his close friendship with Colonel Georgios Papadopoulos, leader of the fascist junta which seized power in Greece in 1967. A biography published in Athens in 1991 was bluntly titled: "John Latsis: Gangster."

In certain social circles, associating with Latsis simply was not done. Prince Charles was scolded by the UK press when he accepted a ride aboard John Latsis’ yacht in 1999. “This unpleasant Greek isn't offering such largesse to Prince Charles out of kindly benevolence,” chided London’s Daily Mail. “He’s doing it because he likes to boast that the future King of England is a friend. . . . But the trip has sickened many of us.”

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It looks like Zach Braff and Mandy Moore are kaput.

Braff, celebrating his freedom, tomcatted his way around New York last weekend. Starting on Thursday, Braff arrived at Level V with "a harem of young women." He at first tried to set up his pal Gavin DeGraw with one of them, but "it seemed that he was the one trying to personally 'match' himself to any woman who looked his way," our spy said. Over the weekend, Braff continued to flirt and hook up with women at Marquee and Cain.

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Nicole Richie is adding novelist to her resume after penning a new book loosely based on her high life.

Rock + Royalty is the tale of society princess Chloe Parker. Richie, the daughter of soul legend Lionel Richie, admits she didn't have to do too much research for the project: "I would think about things that I have experienced and just twist it down and make them more exciting or a little less exciting."

A dark chapter of the book deals with Richie's past as a drug addict.

She adds, "I think sometimes when people think of the word drug addict they think the word dirty, under a bridge, like, really rock bottom. You don't have to be that person to be an addict."

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Get excited, boys:

The Victoria's Secret show is back on. The lingerie giant canceled last year's show after prudish TV viewers complained to the FCC. But it's rumored that the buzz around the modeling agencies is that girls are being put on hold for an extravaganza at the Lexington Avenue Armory in November.

It will be Tyra Banks' last Victoria's Secret show as well as pregnant Heidi Klum's post-baby runway return. Gisele Bundchen, Karolina Kurkova and Adriana Lima, will also strut their stuff in the company's saucy creations. A new TV deal is yet to be worked out.

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Christina Aguilera is hiring French fashion designer Christian Lacroix to make her wedding dress.

The 24-year-old walks down the aisle with music exec Jordan Bratman later this year and was in Paris this week checking out Lacroix's frocks at couture fashion week. She says: "He aces in wedding gowns, so I'm looking forward to seeing what he has in store. "It's just a fun trip to see what's out there for the upcoming wedding."

The couple are rumored to be planning to tie the knot in December in a lavish winter-themed ceremony.

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Hosting Annoucements:

Hilary Duff and Rob Schneider will co-host the 2005 Teen Choice Awards, Fox announced Tuesday.

"The Perfect Man" leading lady and "The Hot Chick" leading man will hand out awards such as Choice Liplock, Choice Movie Chemistry and Choice Male Hottie during the Los Angeles ceremony Aug. 16. Gwen Stefani will kickoff the show with a performance of "Hollaback Girl" and will also be honored with the Teen Choice Visionary Award.

Duff, 18, won Choice Movie Breakout Performance in 2003 for her role in "The Lizzie McGuire Movie." She recently starred in the films "Raise Your Voice" and "A Cinderella Story." Her third pop album "Most Wanted" will debut next month. Schneider, 41, is best known as "Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo," a role he'll reprise in the upcoming sequel "Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo." The "Saturday Night Live" veteran was most recently seen on the big screen in "The Longest Yard."

--That '70s Show star Wilmer Valderrama is set to host this year's G-Phoria video game awards.

The Black Eyed Peas, the Bravery and Tony Yayo are slated to perform at the show, which will take place on 27 July at the Los Angeles Center Studios.

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Folks are preparing for a good time at the Bridgehampton Polo Club. Fresh from his Wedding Crashers premiere, Owen Wilson will host SaturdayÂ’s 10th Anniversary of the Mercedes-Benz Polo Challenge. The annual affair will run every Saturday for six weeks, ending on August 20.

All proceeds of the general admission tickets for this celebrity-studded affair will go to the South Fork Breast Health Coalition and events will be highlighted on PLUM TV throughout the season.

Last yearÂ’s guests included Jessica Alba, the Hilton sisters, Russell Simmons, and Amanda Hearst to name a few. This yearÂ’s V.I.P. tent, which will host invitation-only cocktail parties each Saturday, should prove to be just as titillating as last year with celebs like Kelly Ripa and Star Jones Reynolds expected to attend. Be sure to stick around for another great spectacle sport: chic Jimmy Choo and Manolo-clad ladies teetering in the grass as they stomp divots.

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Hollywood actress Drew Barrymore will become a director when her looks start to fade.

The 30-year-old Charlie's Angels star plans to take the helm of her production company Flower Films as soon as she feels too old to appear in front of the camera,

She says, "If my boobs fall down to the floor and it all starts sagging and is hideous and gross and I shouldn't be in front of a camera, I love producing and I'd love to direct." "So I'll just go behind the camera."

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Omarosa Manigault-Stallworth admits to not succeeding at something: her marriage.

The former Apprentice star – who was the contestant that viewers and the other players loved to hate – said that she split with her husband of five years, Aaron Stallworth, at the beginning of the year but has kept it quiet.

"I wasn't as supportive to him as I could have been," says Manigault-Stallworth, 31. "He's home on the ranch (in Texas) and I'm in L.A. working on several projects."

The couple have yet to decide if they will file for divorce, but she says they are still best friends. In the interim, she's filming Surreal Life 5 on VH1 and "just being Omarosa."

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Jeremiah Trotter needs another rubdown. Lately the pro football star been on the massage table more than he ever has in his career. But pain happens when you're playing "Extreme Dodgeball."

"Those balls hurt when they hit you - especially if you get hit in the face," says Trotter, soaked in sweat after his third game of the day. And there's still game four. "That's a lot when you're out there moving and jerking. Especially throwing. I throw hard," the Philadelphia Eagles linebacker says, "and that takes a toll on your arm. I skinned my knee yesterday dodging for a ball, but that's the nature of the sport."

In this third season of GSN's "Extreme Dodgeball," premiering 10 p.m. EDT Tuesday, the game with roots on playgrounds veers from its first season as a comedic farce - where sumo wrestlers pummeled jockeys - into real hit-and-run sports action.

On the court, each team is headed by a celebrity captain. The top four teams will go on to the playoffs, vying for a championship purse of $170,000.

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Brad Pitt, who entered the hospital Monday night with what was described as a "flu-like illness," was discharged from L.A.'s Cedars-Sinai Medical Center on Wednesday afternoon after being diagnosed with a mild case of viral meningitis, his publicist announced.

"The actor is at home and doing well," publicist Cindy Guagenti says in a statement.

Viral meningitis – generally regarded as serious but rarely fatal in persons with normal immune systems – involves inflammation of the tissues covering the brain and spinal cord. Most patients recover from viral meningitis in a week, with severe illness and death uncommon, according to the Centers for Disease Control.

Perhaps this will make him feel better:Angelina Jolie was spotted spending more than $1500 on undies and other items at the upscale London erotic emporium, Coco De Mer.

The London Mirror reports that the sultry actress frequents the lingerie and toy store and has been spied flipping through books on sexual positions and playing with feather ticklers and blindfolds. "Angelina's not embarrassed by anything at the shop - she loves it all and buys quite a lot. She's in here whenever she's in the country. But her most recent trip a few weeks ago was the most she has ever spent. Brad's one lucky guy," said a source.

"Angelina bought sexy, lacy underwear and sex books. She loves looking through the new underwear. There are all sorts there: panties, G-strings, half-cup bras which are all incredibly erotic. She likes them all," said the tattler. "She also loves anything that's made of leather and they sell lots of basques and bras made out of black leather."

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The New York Daily News reports that Jessica Simpson and Nick Lachey behaved like perfect strangers at a private 25th-birthday party for Jessica at her parents home in Los Angeles over the weekend.

"Nick and Jessica weren't even speaking," said a tattler. "In fact, they didn't even arrive together - he met her there. Then, when she was blowing out the candles on her cake, he was in the back with his friends, like he didn't care."

The source hinted that the sour mood may have been due to Tina and Joe Simpson's lack of party-planning skills. "It was a really lame party," says the tattler. "Everyone was bored and left early. There was hardly any alcohol - they nearly ran out. They're really bad at planning a party."

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Kiera Knightley--so many poor choices in that ensemble, so little time:

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Some Parisians think that Tom Cruise is a sect symbol.

The “War of the Worlds” star got engaged to Katie Holmes in the French capital, but now the city’s leaders have voted not to make Cruise an honorary citizen because of his membership in the controversial Church of Scientology.

In a debate this week, Paris’s City Hall pledged “never to welcome the actor Tom Cruise, spokesman for Scientology and self-declared militant for this organization,” according to Agence France Presse.

Cruise had been made an honorary citizen of Marseille, but his religion is considered a cult by many French authorities, and one deputy there called the star a “sect symbol.”

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Britney Spears' first husband told "A Current Affair" in an exclusive interview that their short-lived marriage was her idea.

"She proposed to me," Jason Alexander said of their 55-hour marriage. "She asked me to marry her."

Alexander also told the syndicated tabloid TV show his union with the pop princess "was consummated" even though they "never got around" to having an official honeymoon. He said a lot of people urged him to fight the annulment, which he described as a "real eye opener."

However, he described Spears' current husband, Kevin Federline, as "a really cool guy" and predicted his pregnant ex will be a good mother and wife. "I'm just happy for her and I hope the best for her," he said in the interview scheduled to air Friday.

--Why is this guy still around?

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Haylie Duff (Hilary's sister) will be injecting a bit of spice into the WB's family-oriented drama "7th Heaven" as she comes onboard as a pregnant college student for the show's 10th season.

"I come into the show as Simon [David Gallagher]'s girlfriend's friend from college. She's like a total random girl that enters the family and basically needs their help," Duff said backstage at a Candie's event celebrating Hilary's new endorsement deal on Monday. "I actually start work on the show tomorrow, so I'm really excited about it."

The 20-year-old, who wrapped filming on the heiress-themed flick "Material Girls" with Hilary in May can't wait to sink her teeth into her first major television role. "It's cool because she's such a strong character. I am pregnant on the show, which is kind of crazy, and it's a big stretch for me, but I feel so lucky to be able to work with a cast on a show that is so well put together," she said.

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Denise Richards looks fabulous for giving birth only 5 weeks ago:

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Jennifer Lopez's third husband Marc Anthony stunned hotel guests and staff by refusing to draw a sketch for a charity auction - instead writing 'F**k You' on his slip of paper.

The high-profile couple were in New York attending J.Lo's Bryant Park fashion show after-party in W Hotels' VIP hospitality suite.

Celebrities who attended the event - including actress Elisha Cuthbert, comedian John Leguizamo, and designer and socialite Charlotte Ronson - were invited to draw caricatures of themselves to be displayed at W Hotels properties and later auctioned off for charity.

But Anthony stunned hotel staff by refusing to participate, instead scrawling his profanity.

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Hollywood superstar Johnny Depp is desperate to marry his long-term love Vanessa Paradis - but he's waiting for her to make the all-important move.

The 41-year-old Finding Neverland actor admits the pair, who have been together for seven years and have two children Lily-Rose, 6 , Jack, 3, are already as good as husband and wife, but insists the proposal has to come from her.

He says, "For all intents and purposes we are married. We have two kids together and she is the woman in my life." "But if she ever said: 'Hey, let's get hitched,' I would do it in a second." "We'll do it if the kids want us to, or maybe when the kids are old enough to enjoy it with us."

But Depp has reservations about heading up the aisle with his girlfriend, because he'd hate to ruin her maiden name. He says, "It would be a shame to ruin her last name! It's so perfect - Vanessa Paradis. So beautiful." "It would be such a drag to stick her with Paradis-Depp. It's like a flat note."

(Pic of Depp and his Charlie and the Chocolate Factory costar Freddie Highmore at the film's premiere.)

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